Can anyone give a comparison of the physical size of a 5mg dose (roughly) to something commonly understood? I am not trying to eyeball a dose. I've purchased a microgram scale, a DigiWeigh gem scale that also measures in grams. It's calibrated to the 10g weight just fine, however it doesn't display anything under about 4mg. Once it does get up to 4mg, it starts moving in 1mg increments. This is fine, however the amount that seems to be required to get it to measure the minimum 4mg concerns me.
I have heard people insist that 'a' dose of JWH (for the average person with no real tolerance) is about the size of a grain of sugar, whereas what I'm seeing on my scale is definitely a very small and thin pinch of sugar, but far more than just a grain. On the other hand, I've heard people say a dose is about the size of a grain of rice, which is vastly larger than a grain of sugar. On yet another hand I've read people insist that there is no way to eyeball the difference between 5mg and 10mg, and what's on my scale is certainly substantial enough that you could tell if it was doubled.
I don't know if my scale is wildly inaccurate (I've read good things about this DigiWeigh, it's not high end by any means but it's around $100 and is reputed to be better than the cheapies on the big auction site) at these lower doses, or what. My fear is that it's measuring heavier loads just fine (the 10mg calibration weight), but is telling me wrong at the tiny weights.
I've looked for a picture of a dose next to, say, a penny, or some other common object, but I can't find anything. I've had this gram of the stuff sitting in a box on my desk for three weeks now, afraid to use it because of this uncertainty. (I have been using blends frequently, and I really don't want to go the route of making my own blend. The volumetric dosing sounds interesting, but I can't get everclear.)